Soap-stick holder.



P. WILLIAMS.

- SOAP STICK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17. 1916.

1,257,436. I 'rmm Feb. 26,1918.

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' MA TTORNEY.

To (1U whom it m g/ concern.-

Be it known ii 1t 1, i :1 citizen of the United bitEiiQ/b' an dent of Glusionhunr. count of State of ionnecticut. hnre iniei ie-"V new and useful i11111r 1ve111e11ls Stick Holders, of which the it'olliwv specification.

The object of this invention to proud: 11 sou stir: hoider 11nd ineiosine 1se or novel construction, the i l particularly in the 1 111 11115 for secur stick in the holder.

l n the drawings- Figure l :1 sertionul Yie'n' oi the holder on enlarged scale.

Fig. is 11 siniilnr \'ie\\' of 11 modification Fig. 3 is 11 separate view of the sleeve of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. i is :1 view of the sleeve and tne tom 01 the stick or the structure of Fig. 2 with the securing 1111121115 removed.

Referring to .l igsl 1 and 3, i i-1e 1o"-;ler

comprises :1 cap 1/. :1 sleeve re1noveb jv securnhle therein. The sleeve is prefer tubular iorin, having inter!" 1111 annular shoulder 1' above which i 1:11' portion (Z within \Yhieh the one or stick fits rather snugly, the exterior surface of this upper portion being preforehi -r knurled or roughened. Below th" sliioulder the sleeve fits into the cap, the securing means here shown being; screw threads 6.

In the embodiment of Fig-s. 1 3 the portion of the sleeve below the shoe" er 1 of larger diameter than that portion she? the shoulder, and the end of the stick is shouldered at f. The stick is inseim from the bottom or" the sleeve and its shouldered end snugly fits Within the enlar lower end of the sleeve the SlGGi'O being then secured in the cop and the stick, seated and clamped against the transverse Wall of the cap, being thus held against iongitudinai. displacement relative to the sieeve. V1 ien the stick has been used up to the upper end of the sleeve, the sleeve may emoved from the cap, the hiss of the SiiOlZ pushed out from the sleeve so that it may be entirely used, thus eliminating any Waste.

In the embodiment of the invention illus tinted in Figs. 2 and ii the sleeve 11 he quite like the sieove of Figs. 1 11nd 1 the stick insteid o shoul .efi

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7 e sleeve, some material which will set or harden may l e fluid into the lower end of 1 d the stick, filling the anoiining securing connecf e sleeve, as in- With this structure, when the s11 1p 1'0 he upper end of the A 1111. h relOYGii from the c n-zniic'e hide the interi he. cut out so that the l' n be withdrawn from the 1 and used further. fhe details of cons 1 oi. this embodiment of the 1nvent o reserved for another applicawon:

We denotes the box enveloping the stick and into the end of 'WhlCll the cap fits snugly, the her: preferably being .lined with 11 suitnhle nutterial to prevent corrosion. The ennuior shouloer of the sleeve forms 2111 abutment for the upper edge of the 11p, and

' inooth surface for engagement of the box. removing any hing frayed or torn peuted insertion of the 0111) into end the men a iirn1 support "for the doc-d but YillCll provisions of the the 1 described the princl 1y .mention, together with toe apparatus which i now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but

esire to have understood that the apuS shown is only illustrative, and that mention can he carried out by other m as my invention:

device oi the character described ion with a soap stick Slimlidered (no one end, of slee *e provlded with '11 tuhu er portion snugly fitting said stick and :1 s ionidcr engaging; the shoulder of snic's'ziels, the said sleeve below said shoulder being th c. (iQCi and shorter than the eh i" of said stick so that the said sieeve, and a cap threaded engagement with the lower end of said sleeve the end Wall of said cap engaging the end of said stick.

2. In a device of the character described vthe combination with a soap stick shouldered at one end, of a sleeve provided With a tubular portion snugly fitting said stick and a shoulder engaging the shoulder on said stick, the part of said sleeve below said shoulder being threaded and shorter than the shoulder part of said stick so that the latter projects beyond said sleeve, a'cap surrounding and having threaded engagement with the lower end of said sleeve the end wall of said cap engaging the end of said stick, and an inclosing box engaging said cap.

PHILIP K. WILLIAMS. 

